From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>,
Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>,
linux-video@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: README & svga: remove use of "rdev"
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 22:40:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b0acb801-5aa5-d781-b635-705face06a2b@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200901053822.9374-2-rdunlap@infradead.org>
On 2020-08-31 22:38, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
> --- linux-next-20200828.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst
> +++ linux-next-20200828/Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Intro
> This small document describes the "Video Mode Selection" feature which
> allows the use of various special video modes supported by the video BIOS. Due
> to usage of the BIOS, the selection is limited to boot time (before the
> -kernel decompression starts) and works only on 80X86 machines.
> +kernel decompression starts) and works only on 32-bit 80X86 machines.
>
Incorrect. What controls if this is available is whether or not the kernel is
booted through BIOS firmware (as opposed to UEFI, kexec, etc.)
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-01 5:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-01 5:38 [RFC PATCH 0/2] Documentation/admin-guide: " Randy Dunlap
2020-09-01 5:38 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] Documentation/admin-guide: README & svga: " Randy Dunlap
2020-09-01 5:40 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2020-09-01 5:38 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] Documentation/admin-guide: blockdev/ramdisk: " Randy Dunlap
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